CES 2012: Digital photo and video- Page 2

Need room for 4,000 photos? Try SanDisk's 128GB SD card

It's flash card season at CES (especially given the shutterbug boost by the conjoined Photo Marketing Association show), and SanDisk has a contribution with high-capacity mid-range SDXC cards.

The two SanDisk Extreme models, 64GB and 128GB, can transfer data at 45MBps. That's less than half the speed of the company's top-end Extreme Pro line of SD cards at 95MBps, but it should be good enough for many photographers and videographers.

The high capacity comes with a price premium--prices for the cards are $200 and $400--but could be useful for those shooting lots of video or traveling away … Read more

Will wedding shooters say 'I do' to the Fujifilm X-Pro 1?

LAS VEGAS--As potentially the most expensive mirrorless camera on the market, the Fujifilm X-Pro 1 backs the price up with a promising new sensor and sleek design.

It seems strange that until as recent as a few years ago, we'd come to associate Fujifilm primarily with masses of middling point-and-shoot cameras. But the company has come quite far in a short time, thanks to its premium X series of cameras, which deliver strong image quality in striking vintage designs. Its new X-Pro 1 interchangeable-lens model now sits at the top of that line, packing a variety of innovative and promising technologies into a really retro and seemingly well designed--if a bit large--body. … Read more

Will your next camera have a data plan?

LAS VEGAS--Polaroid announced the first Android-based camera (at least the first we've seen) at CES 2012. It's essentially a smartphone, but with a 16-megapixel sensor and a 3x zoom lens.

The camera, called the SC1630, has built-in Wi-Fi, so you could use it for Skype or IM, but Polaroid says it is in talks with carriers and their connected-devices divisions about possibly making data plans available for it.

Now, I can see people buying a smartphone and tolerating a little extra weight and size for better image quality and a better lens. But, what if it couldn't … Read more